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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 1d

Discover the Link Between Depression, Exercise, and Gut Bacteria!🧠
🚴‍♂️Join our study to see how physical activity and gut health influence mental well-being. Follow the link tinyurl.com/Move4Mood or email [email protected] to register your interest! #Move4Mood

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to APC's Prof Catherine Stanton, @teagasc.bsky.social who has been ranked as the #1 female scientist in Ireland by Research.com on their 2025 Edition: Ranking of Top 1000 Female Scientists in the World.

@researchireland.ie
#womeninSTEM #microbiomeresearch

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 2d

“J&J Winning in STEM2D” scholarships are open for applications currently. Each successful winning student gets €1000 plus leadership development training and mentorship.

👉 Deadline is the 25th October 2025 | Interviews 31st October
➡️ Apply here: lnkd.in/eZrv8FMF

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APC Postdoctoral Association @apcpostdocassoc.bsky.social · 9d

Just wrapped up the APC Postdoc Symposium 🎉 A day of science, skills & coffee-powered networking ☕🦠 Huge thanks to the organising committee, the real chefs behind this recipe for success 👩‍🍳👏 New ideas, new collabs & maybe one too many “final_FINAL.pptx” files!

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

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microSCRUM @microscrum.bsky.social · 12d

Wonderful start to our 25/26 Seminar Series with @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social.

An intriguing topic with a packed and engage audience. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @apcpostdocassoc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 9d

APC's Harriet Schellekens @ucc.ie shares insights in her latest Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition paper about the Interplay between (poly)phenols, gut microbiota, and biological rhythms: outlook for a new paradigm in brain health
👉 Read Review: bit.ly/48BE9ZD
#brainhealth #microbiome

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to APC's Kristoff Nieves, @ucc.ie who has won Best Short Talk at the 'Having Impactt 5: Advancing Microbiome Research Symposium'.

Supervisor: @researchireland.ie Professor @jenswalter1982.bsky.social - UCC & Nime Diet

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations to APC's Miguel Fernandez de Ullivarri and Mariana Perez Ibarreche, both researchers at University College Cork, who have been conferred with Irish citizenship.

@ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 14d

APC's Sarah @kittelschneider.bsky.social - @ucc.ie, has countered Trump’s Tylenol comments in this @irishexaminer.bsky.social article: "There is no evidence to say there is a negative impact on brain development from paracetamol"
#tylenol #autism #disinformation
📰 bit.ly/3Ie52bx

Donald Trump's comments about paracetamol 'pose a real threat to public health'

Department of Health said guidelines for use of paracetamol are not being changed

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 14d

APC & @ucc.ie's @tsbschm.bsky.social & @jenswalter1982.bsky.social are co-authors and contributors on new @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social paper: FMT (with live microbes) prevents recurrent C. diff far better than fecal filtrates. Live microbes matter to restore #microbiome.
Read paper: bit.ly/3VxGRI0

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 14d

New paper out in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social from APC's @tsbschm.bsky.social & @jenswalter1982.bsky.social from @ucc.ie
@uccresearch.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

jenswalter15.bsky.social @jenswalter15.bsky.social · 15d

Multicenter RCT in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social:
FMT (with live microbes) prevents recurrent C. diff far better than fecal filtrates.
Thanks to Dina Kao (@ualberta.bsky.social) & @tsbschm.bsky.social from
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social), and whole team.
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lphg8nByr...

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Sebastian Schmidt @tsbschm.bsky.social · 15d

Fecal filtrate is less effective than donor stool (FMT) for the treatment of C. difficile recurrence. Now shown in a multicentre trial, out today in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social .

Congratulations to Dina Kao @ualberta.bsky.social & team!

Gift link:

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lphg8nByr...

authors.elsevier.com

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 15d

APC is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Researcher to work with Prof Jens Walter at @ucc.ie to join the project Microbe Restore developing nutritional- and microbiome-based therapeutic strategies to improve human health and prevent chronic disease.
#researchjobs #jobfairy
Full details: bit.ly/4mrfx99

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 15d

A great opportunity to learn about the research of APC's Dr Pauline Scanlan

microSCRUM @microscrum.bsky.social · 19d

We kick off our Seminar Series for the new Semester, next Thursday, with @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social
Looking forward to hearing all about how 'Ecology Meets Evolution'.

@uccmicrobiology.bsky.social; @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social; @apcpostdocassoc.bsky.social; @uccresearch.bsky.social; @ucc.ie

APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 15d

‘Help us untangle the relationship between stress and your gut!’

To find out more, please email the study team at [email protected]

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 21d

Today we celebrate our EPE manager Caoimhe Byrne who takes up a new role in @ucc.ie
We pride ourselves in Education and Public Engagement (EPE) at APC, and in the last three years Caoimhe has done a stellar job leading the charge on our activities which is key to our success.

APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 21d

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations to APC's Aman Saifi, @ucc.ie who won best Student Poster at the UCC Medicine and Health 2025 Research conference.

Supervisor - Silvia Melgar

Funder GENEGUT

📸 Kenneth J. O'Riordan, PhD

APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations to APC's José Ángel Salas-Millán, @ucc.ie who won best Staff Poster at the UCC Medicine and Health 2025 Research conference.

Supervisor - Silvia Melgar

Funder HDHL & Health Research Board (HRB).

APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 22d

Welcome to all the new APC recruits, great to have you onboard.
@ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 27d

APC's Paul Cotter - @teagasc.bsky.social is leading todays #FrontiersForum at the @frontiersin.bsky.social n webinar 'Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability and human health'

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 27d

APC's Jens Walter - @ucc.ie talks to @claireoconnell for todays @irishtimes.com about his #microbiome research and developing the Nime Diet
@uccresearch.bsky.social / @researchireland.ie hirel
📰 bit.ly/4nqyDNI

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 28d

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations to APC's Zoë Williams @ucc.ie who won 'Student Oral Presentation' for her talk 'Biological Sex Influences Exercise-Induced Changes in Memory, Mood & Neuropathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease' at the UCC College of Medicine & Health Research Conference
@researchireland.ie

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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations to APC's Morgane LeDrean - @ucc.ie
& INSPIRE MSCA who won the EU translational TANDEM competition at ESNM.
TAMDEM is an initiative supported by the ESNM pairing scientists & clinicians to develop collaborations

#neurogastro2025

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